Special Reports

Drawdown is an inventory of the 100 top options for reducing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and stabilizing the global climate. The Energy Mix is summarizing the 100 chapters as a service to readers, so you can bookmark this Special Report and check back for updates. Get details and buy the book here.

A 1.5°C limit on average global warming is the long-term, “aspirational” goal in the Paris Agreement. But more and more research is showing that a 1.5 target is essential, not optional—and that it may not take unproven, potentially dangerous carbon capture techniques to get there.

Canada’s remaining vast deposits of bitumen will have to stay in the ground in pretty much any credible low-carbon scenario. How to make the transition, while building new opportunities for fossil workers and communities, is one of the biggest climate challenges the country faces.

From plummeting renewable energy prices to the rise of electric vehicles, from the controversy surrounding Canada’s pipeline purchase to the lead-up to this year’s United Nations climate conference in Katowice, Poland: read about the climate and energy issues that dominated 2018.